Iron



NOV. 10,1931. c, WATSON 1,831,215

IRON

Filed Oct. 18. 1929 a' sewing machine. 2 7

Another object of the invention 1s to roi ln Patentedfldv. 10, 1931 I Iumsn STATES GEB'IBUDE c. wsrsou, or nousron, m

molt v Application area October-18, 1m; we a 400,535.

This invention relates to new and useful 1m rovements m'an iron.

ne object of the invention is to-provide a novel t pe of iron forsmoothing cloth and (l operated by adapts to be attached to and vide adevice of the character descri d, which includes cooperating smoothingrollers one of which is equipped with heating means, said deviceincluding means for driving one of said rollers from the momentum 5wheel of said machmer 'With the above and other objects in view, theinvention has particular relatlon to cer-' tain novel features ofconstruction, operation and arrangement of. parts,- an example of whichis given in this specification illustrated a in the accompanying '9. Fig

rawings herein.

are 1 s owe a side view of asewing 'maphine with the device attached.thereto Fi 2 shows an end view thereof, shows e device partly insection.

the drawings the numeral 1 designates a sewing machine as a whole andthe numeral 1.2 designates the arm thereof. This sewing machine may-beefany conventional construction having the momentum wheel 3 which may beclutched with and declutched from the operating mechanism of the machinein the usual manner. Fastened to the arm 2 there is a clamp 4 havin theside arms rovided with aligned arings 6, -6 spa a art. There is asmoothing roller 7 whose aft 8 rotates in said bearings. One

end of the shaft 8 has a driving wheel 9 thereon adapted to be clutchedtherewith and declutched therefrom in any conventional man her and thiswheel 9 has a peripheral groove Y in which the momentum w ee13 runs. Thedriving wheel 9 is driven by frictionfrom the momentum wheel 3. I

Suitably secured to thebearingsfi are the flexible arms 10, 10 whosefree ends have the bearings 11, 11 which are aligned and in which shaft12 rotates. Mounted on the shaft 12 is the smoothing roller 13. The arms10 are substantially U sha ed and the roller v 13 confronts and isyieldab y held against the,

roller 7 b saidiirm. If-desired an electricalheating e 'ement may belocated withthe'roller 13 and this element may be connected with asource of electrical energy throu h the wiring 14 in any approvedmanner. en it is desired touse the device the momentum wheel 3 may hedeclutched from the operating mechanism of the machine and the rollerJt'maythen be operated from said momentum wheel without operatin themachine itself. The cloth may be passe between said rollers in anobviousmanner. When the sewing machine is to be used, the

clutch of the momentum wheel 3 may be engaged and the clutch of drivingwheel 9 disengaged so that the ironing device will not be operated.

The drawings and description disclose a preferred form of the inventionby way of illustration only while the broad principle of the inventionwill be defined by the ap pended claims. 7

What 1 claim is:

1; A device of the character described includingja support, a momentumwheel thereon, a bracket on the support having two pairs of spacedbearings, flexible, U-shaped arms supporting one of said pair ofbearings, confronting rollers mounted in said respective pairs ofbearings, one of said rollers having an extended shaft, a drive wheel onsaid shaft in o erative contact with said'momentum whee and a heatingelement in one of said rollers. a

2. A device .of the character described including a support, a bracketthereon havin spaced bearings, a smoothing roller mounted in saidbearings flexible, U-shaped arms carried by the bracket'and havingaligned bear ings, roller mounted in the arm bearings and confrontingsaid smoothing roller, 8. driving wheel carried by one of said rollers,a momentum wheel on said su port and in' drivin connection with said(ii-win wheel,

and a eating element in one of sai rollers.

fixed bearings on said sup orting device, a

roller mounted in movable earings and ar-' ranged to cooperate with saidfixed rollers,

said means comprising arms, snbstantia U-shaped to ermit the materialbetween said rollers to he moved in a direction lengthwise of therollers and to pass beyond the ends of the rollers.

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this slgecifie'ation. a

G RTRUDE C. WATSON.

means for mounting the movable bearin%s,

orting device attached to the machine, a nving rollermounted in

